Ditto.
Married 52 years. We paid a shxt ton in taxes but we also invested and are living quite well.
37 years and ditto.
As for the greatest generation they deserve nothing but respect and everything we could possibly give them, because without them you’d be speaking German if your family lifeline wasn’t terminated.
There you go mouthing Marxist media memes as if they were true. Let's see, just who was it who coined the term, "Greatest Generation"? Why that would be that conservative icon, Dan Rather! /s And you aligned with him? It was the Greatest GenerationTM that did more to advance socialism than any before or since (hence the MSM plaudits, sirrah). We'd have been better off without Roosevelt's welfare state and the Depression would have ended sooner without all that spending. But no, they voted for the CCC WPA boondoggles wholesale, and more.
It wasn't "the Greatest Generation" that made the bomb but the one before it. With it, the Germans would have left us alone after conquering Europe. Had we not armed the Russians, they would have lost with the German Army fighting beyond the Urals. Had the Soviets lost, we wouldn't have had that very costly Cold War. We very possibly might have been better off not provoking Japan with the oil blockade and Tojo would have precluded Mao. So it's not as simple or as rosy as what you've been conditioned to believe.
My GG dad never went to war and neither did my wife's father. Dad collected SS for 28 years and hardly paid a farthing for it during his parents' retirements because medical care has advanced so far since. Our generation was the first to face that medically driven demographic reality, why the system is now unaffordable for the kids working now. We need at least means testing, raising the retirement age, and breaking off SSI "disability" ("crazy mone") back to the States.
FDR was a POS no argument there and a socialist POS.
The greatest generation were those who fought that war. You can’t take that away from them and my Uncle was on Normandy.
Your what ifs are irrelevant because history is history. You can’t change it just learn from it and government never seems to learn.
Social Security should be done away with as with any welfare/government handouts period and I’ve said that here on FR over and over for 20 years. It’s not the governments place to take care of you it’s your place. The only exception are those who fought for this country. They are the only ones who are entitled to anything from the government.